[D7903ZLM], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, December 2nd, 1879
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- Title
- [D7903ZLM], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, December 2nd, 1879
- Editor's Notes
- New chalk telephones arrived and when tested they "belched right out." If they remain OK, must ship more by every steamer in lots of 40 or 50, plus switchboards. Summarizes discussions with C Roosevelt about telephone consolidations. Brit PO (Preece) takes action solely against Edison Teleph for infringement to make it "pull the chestnuts out of the fire for the Bell Coy." May be able to show that Preece wanted TAE telephone then broke faith. Gouraud incurred no expense forming English teleph co & gave EHJ share of franchise profits; will have expenses in Glasgow. [Long letter, but thorough overview of English situation.]
- Author
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Mentioned
- American Bell Telephone Co
- Telephone Co Ltd
- Western Union
- Roosevelt, Cornelius
- Bailey, Joshua Franklin
- Bouverie, Edward Pleydell
- Gouraud, George Edward
- Prescott, George Bartlett
- Sanders, Thomas
- Preece, William Henry
- Date
- 1879-12-02
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D7903-F
- Microfilm ID
- 49:533
- Document ID
- D7903ZLM
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 49
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal